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Watch your label; it tells when your -$1.50 per year in advance; ~~ EDITORIAL are worthy of consideration. 1. That anyone 'wishing to fish for Carp, that by making application for "Such is the patr boast, where'er we roam: Hi first, best country ever {s at'home" ~~ a, license to use a net (dip net, or pti type, flax cord for- making of ADAPTING. OURSELVES TO CHANGE With a million empty desks in the schools and colleges of the United States, there are bound to . be tremendous changes in the. business and social life of the people, That is only the beginning of the* PAA that are daily taking place around us. The school "desks may be empty, and some saving in-the cost of tuition may be effected (not much) but the cost of old age pensions will grow with the years. Government control of our lives is the most natural outcome of modern living conditions. Why should the man in a motor car be bothered about fixing the roads personally? Why should - the citizen give personal support to his neighbour, when by pa _can place the: burden on. [8 "with--""What's the use?" the government? . Why should a mother spend 'hours teaching Johnny to read and write, when the task can be so much better done under state contréi? These questions are asked all around us,, and for 'answer we have turned to government ' control, We talk--rightly--against Communism; but we must not forget that every law that provides "the opportunity for co-operative life is socialistic in prinéiple. Without violence we are rapidly changing our social life from personal to state control, _ Leagues of Leadership, Shera] criticism of the governemnt, and condemnation of the patronage system may be.evidence of an awaking citizenship, but they are not sufficient to stem the tide of in- creasing taxation. Direct personal willingness to assume our duties of citizenship is the only cure for our present ills. Leadership must lead somewhere, by some path. There -is serious danger that we shall merely ~ enumerate a mass of_ political troubles and end up Some folk with calm minds must sit down quietly and work out prac- tical plans to meet the situation. The sooner we are given a definite sense of direction the better. Criticism of the Government will be quite use- less if we do not' 'study what can be done to im- prove conditions, and then" indicate clearly' the program we expect. Merely expressing distrust and hopelessness will only add to the difficulty. The net result will be that we shall lose the ser- _vices of men who are honestly trying to meet the situation which Js rendered extremely difficult by hint 114}, -- 7) "Such public investments "need not. compete % with private investmgut. . They can be devoted rather to producing. and conserving wealth out- side the normal field :of private enterprise, in such projects as\ conservation, public health, highways; airways, parks,' and recreation areas, rural electrification, and housing for low income groups. " p Xx THE WEATHER People have been studying the weather ever since the days of antiquity, and as Mark Twain said-"Everybody is talking about. it; but nobody Some of the ideas about the weather don't stand up under close study. For 'instance the one about dry and wet moons is a bit gueer, because the same moon shines over a th d_miles of ter- ritory in which it may be raining or dry- ip various * districts at the same time." - Rough and ready .methods of foretelling the weather have always been in use. A curdly sky foretells rain. A -ring around the moon predicts a storm. Sundogs tell of cold weather to come, Lightning in the spring or winter--colder weather to follow. Heavy dew on the grass in.the morn- ing--a fine day to-follow. . Thunderstorms. in summer--cooler weather to come. Swallows fly- . ing low predict a storm. Many spider webs in the open--fine weat! = Then there is the the figures so ei that if the air becomes 'damp the man:comes out of the door and the woman retires, and when the air is dry the woman comes out and the man retires. This is effected by attachments, of catgut sensitive to molsture. And of course there is always the than with rheurhatism.- Sowing grain and Killing pigs according as to _-whether the moon is waxing or waning, is no 'surety of desired success. . Several factors enter into the study of weather. * Temperature, measured by the thermometer in- vented by Galileo in 1607. The pressure of the atmosphere measured by the barometer 'invented by Torricelli in 1643. Wind velocity, humidity, surface pressure at _varlous height4~ above the -- House Barometer with - : 'pounds) for the purpose of 'catching Carp only, be'granted same, and that your Dépt. authorize a 'man' or com- pany of men to take care of these fish for marketing purposes on a €0-40| per cent. basis. Iii this way. your Dept. could make a very nice profit from these fish. 2. That anyone holding said license taking game fish® be severcly dealt with, by a fine of $100 per fish or punishment equivalent to such fine. 3. That anyone not having such license for using a net for Carp fish- ing be dealt with accordingly. In this way the Carp in one year would be greatly "decreased, and a _| greater opportunity for the game fish '| watch én civie administrative efforts, Plo sly i 4 Amn Ea "PORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1939 his interests along this line leading hm to act as campaign manager for the present mayor, J. A. Coleman, and Bob Preston's memory will long re- main green in Oshawa and his place will remain a vacant one. for many vears. His smile and cheery word willvlinger long with those who were fortunate to bask inl "its sunshine dur- ing his span in this mundane sphere. [EAM WORK A story is- told of a couple of men living in a leper camp in distant India. One had no limbs and the}- other no-sight---tnorder to go tothe ar LISA of BY 2 EES 8] CA ) [RSE RUAS IGRI SEPA SEF ESSE BE 4 EW, S-628 Pratt HE --R ha oh do SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. LJ] L Lions Juveniles ch WY INL AGAIN = = = This Time from Beaverton . Juveniles, with a_Score of 7-5 in Favor of Port. But it wasn't just a walkover. The ice was a bit heavy. Two of the Port bqys were under the weather (Bruce Beare and Scott), and Aldred was the one extra, Otherwise the Port team was the same as in in hatching of thelr spawn would be the result. , If this cannot B& done, is there any- way in which these men now holding licenses could be compelled to take out 'more of these caTp duirng the open water season than what they are now doing ? In our 'way of thinking the oor p be- ing done away with in Lake Scugog, that the 300 or, 400 acres now uséd as a game preserve, and also a natural '|spawning grounds, that ina short time a few hundred of the grown bass and lunge could be taken out yearly for purpose of restocking of other waters by the Dept., but as it is. the Carp being more of a water pig, up-roots the weeds and mud (as a pig on land) destroying the spawn pf these game fish in increasingly large numbers each yeary in all probability .millions each year. " Please advise me if anything has been' done or<is about to be done in the immediate future, so that I may con- vey to those whe are awaiting your reply. - In the papers last fall, 1 "read an article where your Dept. was-consider- of or leasing of streams or ponds for ing, or was going to stop the holding | various places which were denied them because of their disabilities the blind man carried the limbless man on his shoulders who directed the blind man in his course. Team work pays. Because of the unusual snow drifts that beSet our community during the past week it was difficult for the var- ious tradesmen to deliver their pro- ducts. A fine case of team work fvas seen when two of these men 'placed their products on the one vehicle 'and whenever necessary 'the snow drifts were met and conquered with the - minimum of effort because the trades- men in question had the foresight to pool their resources and work in hav- mony. They say a little help is worth a deal of pity, and so it is, but it is worth a lot more if a person can be helped 'to help himself. What differ- ence does it make if the one helpgd gains a momentary advantage? What difference will it make in ten or twenty years time? You might amass a mighty fortune but what good will it ever do you? You cannot take it with you. In Billy Sunday's book he make this remark: "It is a good thing that many rich_men_cannot take their gold with| Port Perry Peo ple Capture Prizes 'the game with Cobourg, But-that-was-not-all.--The-ehief-item-in-the-pro 'gram was the fact that Beaverton has a good team-- a trifle heavier than our boys, and bh plenty of _ staying power, The heavy ice made the game drag- gy at times, and combination play was difficult. The return game is played at Beaverton to-night (Thursday) and as the weather has tighténed up and the ice will be faster, there will likely be a lively play. Here's best wishes that our boys may make another win of it. Winners of Ten Prizes at" the Kinsmen Karnival A score or more of Port Perry folk journeyed to Oshawa .on Tuesday evening to attend the Kinsmen" earth, electricity, and many other forces play their private fishing, and-that those rights were to be returned to the Dept., other them, if they did it would only melt: When a rich man dies the usual ques- N ~ Karnival; and to take part in the fancy costume con partizan demand-which-is constantly 'throwing a - monkey wrench into the machinery." 'Last, but not least, if we believe that the pat- ronage system should be abolished, we shall have to quit;asking favours in payment for party ser- vice, and securing the dismisal of good public servants, simply because they had belonged to some other party. * That does not mean that neccessary and pro- gressive public work should be entirely stopped, but as Stuart Chase says in the March Reader's Digest: parts in the weather dramas; - The whote study is quite 'complicated, and is carried out with great accuracy. in every civilized country. Telegraph,_telephone, and radio now keep us posted for a few hours ahead; but long time pre- dictions do. not yet seem: 'possible in apite of all modern .equipmerit. In these days of airships and other rapid trans- portation weather study Is often yl matter of life or death, -One old proverb should still belpur guide as to weather--let us "make hay while the sun shines." than those held "by the Dept. for ro- stocking purposes. 3 - Can you give me any nbreiiit this and if such is the case doey it take effect this year? I am given to understand that there is an additional portion of Lake Scu- gog for a Carp license, if so would you please be kind enough to tell me-as to where it is. ~ ~ ONTARIO APPLES Can Lake Scugog Be Rid of Carp? Co PASSIN NG OF ALL| ALL FRUITS 2 (Bowmanville Statesman.) ~ We: do not know who was respons- ~~. ible for. "Buy Ontario; Apples" cam- _paign which hag been in progress this Test tiroughout. the province, but 0 sell and popularize this campaign down as a weak, ineffe ctive and poorly arranged affair. In fact, what was. intended to be a cleverly written story or romance, as the open- ing shot in the campaign about "King Apple" turned out to be a fairy tale. Now fairy tales arq alright in their place but leave them out of. publicity matter where truth and confidence are "Bob" Preston Passes on.. 1 (Oshawa Daily Times) Still grieving over the death of, ex- Mr, Otis _O. Hamilton, of Oshawa, to Fisheries, Letter was acknowledged. Dept. of Game and Fisheries, - "King of All Fruits" is at least twenty .years late in getting started. In these 'intervening years the wide awake ana aggressive citrus growers of Florida and California have year after "year been putting on a consistent and effec- tive publicity campaign to eat more oranges and grapefruit, once looked upon as luxuries, until'a hungry public has now almost become to believe oranges arc 8s necessary a' part of one's daily 'diet as milk is to a baby. This is just another outstanding in- . stance of what advertising is doing to : & change appetites and habits of living. Is it any wonder apple growers are voicing their alarm at the inroads be- ing made by these competitive growers bringing in their fruit thousands of miles away and crowding the home- grown _ delicjous health-giving 'apples into the background? But all is not lost or gloom for the apple grower if -he will put the same common sense and 'determination into marketing his product. ashe has'in cultivating and developing his orchards, It is our humble opinion the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association in co: operation with the Ontario Depart- i, ment of Agriculture must do a much . better job of creating .a widespread : and honest desire for our luscious Ontarié apples among an ignorant (as far aa apples are concerned) consum- ing public. From our observation in a -- TeMling newspapers Ye put ths Present tial to a sful advertising campaign. wile Let's take it for granted that the apples have been carefully picked and packed, graded for size and perfection; and attractively displayed in retail stores--too often they are not. We think one of 'the first moves it to tell the prospective consumers in the ad- vertising campaign which apples are best for eating, for pies, applesauce, baking, etc. * Then tell them what month certain apples are at-their best. Most city folks are not familiar with these facts and therefore buy at ran- dom which results in disappointment and lost customers for Ontario apples. Did you ever notice, too, in some city fruit stores how several varieties of a bad way to sell apples. create a greater demand, for their apples, that demand will never be created by selling their apples to un- scrupulous city truckers who come In- to their orchards and truck the apples away. tree-run. This may get ready cash, but your apples and the apple business in * general, are getting an awful dirty deal in being properly graded. We rhakesthese comments in a help- ful spitit for we want to see the On. tario apple industry come into its own in the home market, which so far hay hardly. beert touched. Don't Miss Basketball at High School Gym, Sat. Mar. 4, $pam, Peterboro vs, Port Perry The following letter was written by the Ontario Departmetn of Game and "696 Oxford St., Oshawa, February. 6th, 1939 mayor T. B. Mitchell, Oshawa's cup of sorrow was filled afresh Saturday} when announcement was made that Robert: Duncan Preston had unexpect- edly joined-the great company beyond | the grave. Tribute has been paid to the late Mr. Mitchell and much that was said in this column concerning his Parliament Bldgs; Toronto: Sirs:--About a year ago a letter was written to you by me on behalf of citizens here and surrounding Lake Scugog, of the Carp nienace in that Lake, and the placing of adult pike in that Lake for the purpose of destroy- ways. welfare applies with equal emphasis to R. D. Preston, despite the fact that the two-men were differentyin so many However, both men loved the city of their adoption' and served it with equal faithfulness 'and sincerity. apples are thrown together? That is 'Another thing, if growers want to Carp, in Lake Scugog. in the fall. of your Department over these places, make a report to you of these facts, by your Dept. ing the Carp by living on them, and up to the present time we have heard nothing of it, and we are wishing to know if anything has been done along this line to-do away with this fish the The" Catp' are 80 great in igi bers that they are "destroying the wild rice in this. Lake ¢ that in the last two year: whole. rice beds or fields have been cleaned. out, and in so doing they are destroying: the' food, leaving little or nothing for the wild fowl coming from the north as they migrate southward It 1s nothing to see great masses of wild rice lying on top of the water during the summer, -that the Carp have rooted up. I would be only too glad to take a representative that he might see for himself the con- dition as it exists there; that he may If your Dept. wishes to do so, and so sees fit, which I feel sure that you would like to do, we also feel that this is a matter worthy of an investigation I have three suggestions to make for your corigideration, as I feel that hey Mr. Preston, known to everyone as plain "Bob", won hundreds of friends with his enthusiasm, his jovial good nature, his cheery. optimism, his spark- ling eye and ready wit. It was char- acteristic of him: that he always had a cheering story to brighten the dark. est moment.. It was this fund of good nature which brought him to the at- tention of Oshawa citizens, for he quickly displayed a readiness to serve the city to which he had come to make his home, 2 He was elected a "town Guneillor in 1922, only a year after taking up his residence here. He continued to serve as an administrator 'around Oshawa's council table, continuously until 1929. 1928, years when Oshawa developed so s| greatly, he presided over council's de- liberatidns as Mayor. A further fea- ture of his service to the city is the fact that he acted a¥ chairman of the board of works during four years when he was city alderman, Although he retired from the front line of civic activity in 1980 he con. tinued to serve on the housing and planning. commissions 'until recently. At the sane time he kept a close tion asked is: "How much did he leave?" or. * Who are the heirs?"| As a rule the public is-not much con- cerned about 'the once wealthy in- dividuals, now deccased. When a good person dies his monu- ment lives 'in the hearts of those he befriended, in the days-of his flesh, and his memory remains fresh and green in the good deeds h¢ accom- plished. The thought that expresses this theme is found in the verse: So I ask Thee for a thoughtful love To tone that ask denied, ' To meet the glad with joyful smiles And wipe the weeping eyes. And a heart at leisure from itself - --To-saothe and. sympathize. test: was most satisfactory to Port Perry. In Original Costumes (Ladies) Mrs. I R. Bentley, "The Absent-Minded Professor," and Mrs. M. 'Beare, _ "Sweet Caporal,'"" won first and second. Couple in Costume, Mrs. R. Peel and Mr. Oscar Beare, "1850." Mrs. E. Hughes and Mrs. I. Anderson, "Two Old . Ladies." Girl under 16, Miss Marian Peel, "The - Butterfly." Ladies' Fancy Costume, Miss Helen Peel, 'Easter Egg." Mr. I. Anderson, "Charlie's Aunt." Mr. H. Mulligan, "Peanut Man." = Others in costume were--Mr. and Mrs.-C. Reesor, Miss 'M, Brent, Miss C. Blewett. MANCHESTER Don't forget the Community Club meets on Thursday, Marck 9th. Part of the program will be supplied by Form V, Port Perry High School, who From a prize= -winning point of view--the-result Others who attended the Cirnival--from--Port-- Perry included--Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Letcher, Mr.M. "T. Beare, Mr. Bill Beare, Miss K. Jeffrey, Mr. Fred -- Densham, Mr.-Frank-Densham, -Mr Miss F. Anderson, . Floyd Hughes, The-prizes were all paid in silver dollars. There Trap".. There will be other numbers. On Thursday, Feb. 23rd, the Com- munity Club held its regular meeting. The attendance was 'small, but the and his class were very much appre- ciated. Some people have been looking for their mail boxes as well as-their-mail, since the snow storm, The Church.and Sunday School were cancélled last Sunday. Church service at the usual hour, 10.30 next Sunday. Mrs. Harriet Peltch is visiting Mus. Wm. Hill, at Whitby. Mr: Everett Ray has been hired for a year by Mr. Robertson. Mr. and. Mrs. John Moore have re- turned to their home here after] spending the past few months in Port Perry. Csi A - During three years, 1926, 1927 and ' T. Co A. ENGINEERS WORK AT 42 BELOW. Regina, Sask., Feb.-- When heavy drifts prevented them from hauling a big Trans-Canada Air Lines plane in- to the hangar at Regina recently, four T.C.A. engineers worked on the air- craft in the open. It wah 42 below but the men stuck to their job and in spite of frost-bitten faces, fingers and feet, got their work done, putting the air pressure pumps in order. The. plane guitar selections by Mi. W. Armstrong |- = was a large attendance to enjoy the entertatmment, which included a number of the featyres given at the Port Perry Carnival--the one- legged skater, skater on stilts, barrel jumping, ete. THE WHITE-CYCLAMEN Fog» a Oh, tell me, did you ever see Flowers of such startling purity; ~ That spread their pointed petals wide As if they cherished a high pride That no faint flush jof vich carmine Upon their milkiness is seen? There, on a table, wheré the light Shines through its blossoms of cool white. The low plant grows: ' 1 cannot bear to look too long Upon such ¥auty. Like a song Of soaring notes serene and light Is this green plant with flowers of white. Without my window, Wnter throws -- An icy blanket on thé hills; A tearing north wind 'drives and chills; But here, white beauty shines for me; My heart thrills with expectancy: Almost, I vision, in this room, Patches of trillium in full bloom! : Eleanor G. R. Young. + -- cm rend. | went on its way Berording to to schedul